2022 Indiana Code
Title 7.1. Alcohol and Tobacco
Article 5. Crimes and Infractions
Chapter 10. Unlawful Sales
7.1-5-10-15. Sale to Intoxicated Person Prohibited
Sec. 15. (a) A person who, knowing that another person is intoxicated, sells, barters, delivers, or gives away an alcoholic beverage to the intoxicated person commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) In any civil proceeding in which damages are sought from a permittee or a permittee's agent for the refusal to serve a person an alcoholic beverage, it is a complete defense if the permittee or agent reasonably believed that the person was intoxicated or was otherwise not entitled to be served an alcoholic beverage.
(c) After charges have been filed against a person for a violation of subsection (a), the prosecuting attorney shall notify the commission of the charges filed.
[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-32(15).]
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.721; P.L.86-1985, SEC.1; P.L.125-2000, SEC.4; P.L.159-2014, SEC.80.
